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    Teamsters Chief Praises JD Vance, Among Other GOP Lawmakers, at Convention

    In a rare occurrence, the head of one of America’s largest and oldest labor unions spoke about corporate greed at a Republican National Convention.  “The Teamsters are here to say we are not beholden to anyone or any party,” Sean O’Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, told convention delegates Monday night. O’Brien said…
    Fred Lucas
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    5 Things to Know About JD Vance

    Donald Trump selected Sen. JD Vance from Ohio on Monday as his running mate in the Nov. 5 election, which the former president hopes will return him to the White House. Vance accepted and Vice President Kamala Harris said she’s ready to debate him. So, who is JD Vance? Here are five things to know…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    JD Vance: America’s a Homeland, Not Just an Idea. Mass Immigration Is Sullying That.

    The real threat to “American democracy” is not former President Donald Trump or a foreign dictator, but the fact that the American voters keep voting for less immigration and elected politicians keep “rewarding” them with more, Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, said in a speech Wednesday night. Vance addressed an audience at the annual National Conservatism…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    EXCLUSIVE: Vance Slams Irish Legislation Targeting Free Speech

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance sent a letter Tuesday to Irish Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason expressing strong concerns about legislation that would undermine Irish citizens’ freedom of speech. Vance’s letter, first obtained by The Daily Signal, references the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022,…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Sens. Vance, Rubio Oppose Census Bureau Funding to Push Sexual Orientation-Gender Identity Agenda

    The Census Bureau is asking Congress for $10 million to figure out how best to promote the fiction that sex is assigned at birth, rather than the scientific fact that it is present at conception. It is part of a new set of questions on sexual orientation and gender identity that the bureau wants to ask residents, even as…
    Mike Gonzalez
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    EXCLUSIVE: Vance Bill Would Require Actual Gender on US Passports

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Sen. J.D. Vance is introducing legislation requiring a person's actual, biological gender on their United States passports. The Ohio Republican's Passport Sanity Act would require the secretary of state to ensure that all applications for passports, passport cards, or Consular Report of Birth Abroad documentation include only the gender designations…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    ‘We Tried Mask Mandates Once in This Country,’ Sen. JD Vance Says

    Sen. JD Vance introduced legislation on Tuesday that aims to prohibit federal mask mandates from being imposed once again in the U.S. The Freedom to Breathe Act “would apply through the end of 2024” and “would prohibit any federal official, including the President, from issuing mask mandates applying to domestic air travel, public transit systems, or…
    Samantha Aschieris
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    Far-Left Hate Group Attacks Vance Bill, Falsely Claims Kids Can’t Get Trans Procedures

    A far-left, pro-transgender group is attacking legislation put forward by Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance that would ban euphemistic “gender-affirming care” for children, such as transgender surgeries, hormones, and puberty blockers. GLAAD, formerly known as the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, is a defender of the anti-Catholic “Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence,” a group of…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Vance Places Holds on DOJ Nominees, Says Garland Targeting ‘Political Opponents’

    Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance announced a new step Tuesday that will make it harder for judicial nominees to get confirmed, criticizing Attorney General Merrick Garland for “going after his political opponents.” “We have to grind this department to a halt until Merrick Garland promises to do his job and stop going after his political…
    Elise McCue
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